Topic: Cambodia

Ethics: A Bad Day For American Altruism

This week, the One Laptop Per Child project, whose mission is to provide basic PCs for students in developing countries, announced a sad incentive for donations: if you donate $400 to the project, they'll send one laptop overseas to ...READ»

Tate Publishing Author Writes Book About Surviving the Khmer Rouge

Tate Publishing author Oni Vitandham’s book On the Wings of a White Horse: A Cambodian Princess’s Story of Surviving the Khmer Rouge Genocide is a moving and inspirational account of the author’s life, from the jungles of ...READ»

Innovative Giving: Gaming For Rice

Free Rice is an interactive online game that allows you become a little bit smarter while also doing the world some good. It's the fourth entry in our six part series, Innovative Giving.READ»

Mollydooker Announces Sip it Forward & Blend a Hand Winemaker Events

Consumers invited to a series of “Blend a Hand” winemaker events across the USA to taste the newest released wines from Mollydooker and celebrate their new charity wine project called Sip it Forward.READ»

Buying Ethical Gifts As An Alternative For Christmas

It won't be long and the Christmas season will once again be upon us. The good thing this season though, is that over the course of the past year the ethical gifts industry has only continued to expand. Of course it means that this ...READ»

Torrent Site Fights Legal Action with 'Chewbacca Defense'

Yesterday was the third installment of the Pirate Bay Trial in Stockholm, Sweden, that has pitted a popular file-sharing site against media companies claiming copyright infringement. Fresh off yesterday's minor victory, when half the ...READ»

Trade Gap

Do we need to close the trade gap -- or clothe it? The Gap's suppliers indicate just how widespread the global economy is.READ»

Fugitive Denim: A Moving Story of People and Pants in the Borderless World of Global Trade

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Mollydooker Wines Now Shipping Direct To Consumers in Kansas

Mollydooker Wines now ships direct to Kansas residents from their temperature controlled warehouse in Napa, California.READ»

Mollydooker Wines from McLaren Vale South Australia Supports California Charitable Organization through Hospice du Rhone Tasting

Live auction lot wins second highest bid - continuing the Australian Winery’s dedication to supporting charitable organizations around the world.READ»

Investing in Social Change

Echoing Green is a nonprofit innovator that underwrites social entrepreneurs -- and builds a supporting community.READ»

Laptops for Kids and Shared Village-wide Cell Phones can Fight Systemic Deep Poverty

Negroponte and Quadir: How Laptops and Cell Phones Attack Systemic Poverty in Developing CountriesREAD»

Social Capitalists: Profiles

Path (Program for Appropriate Technology in Health) Founded: 1977 Seattle, Washington Christopher J. Elias, President www.path.org Entrepreneurship: A Innovation: A+ Social Impact: A+ Aspiration: A- Sustainability: A- ...READ»

No Child Left Offline

The Fast Interview: MIT Professor Nicholas Negroponte on Intel's "dishonesty" and the long, tough road to the $100 laptop.READ»

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• Hitting the Wall at Work?

Social Enterprise: A Journey to Emancipated Nonprofits

Living in Vancouver, a favourite pastime is counting the number of cargo ships in the harbour. It's a symbol of regional prosperity, global connection and a touchstone to a rich nautical heritage. All of which get reappraised when ...READ»

Summer Reading: Why More People Are Listening to Books

Fast Interview: In this Q&A, Audible founder and CEO Donald Katz talks about what's popular this summer, the business of the spoken word, how life has changed since Amazon acquired his company, and why the "no asshole rule" is a vital corporate principle.READ»

• The Best Business Books of 2007

How Charity Newcomers are Revolutionizing the Non-Profit Sector

Social cause is not just about writing a check and mailing it to your favorite charity every year. No, not for the newest wave of non-profits. This up-and-coming generation of charities is developing innovative financial structures, embracing the power new social technologies to engage audiences, taking big risks and changing the face of...READ»

Smart Books 2008

Five tomes that want to transform your thinking this year. We tell you what’s a must-read and what’s a pass.READ»

Green (Fri)Day: The Upside of No Cheap Chinese

Recently, articles in both the New York Times and Slate have warned that American stores may no longer be so awash in supercheap Asian imports. Not only is the dollar weakening, but inflation and economic growth in countries like ...READ»

Open-Source Innovation: IDEO's Human-Centered Design Toolkit

A free guide to user-focused design can be applied anywhere from a for-profit design firm to an NGO working in a developing nation.READ»

• Designers Accord Case Studies

Algorhythm and Blues

How Pandora's matching service cuts the chaos of digital music.READ»

Fast Talk: Books That Matter

One book can change the direction of a company -- or a career.READ»

Calendar: November’s Business and Cultural Events

November brings elections, the Macy’s parade, and APEC-summit costumes.READ»

• Numerology: MPAA Film Ratings

How Emily Gould Turns Us On

The last seven days have kept arts and entertainment editors busy. Amidst Cannes and Indiana Jones coverage came the season finales of most high-profile TV dramas, the confetti-accompanied crowning of an indie rocker as the newest ...READ»

Social Capitalists: Profiles

Accion International Entrepreneurship: A- Innovation: A Social Impact: A+ Aspiration: B+ Sustainability: B+ Boston, Massachusetts Maria Otero, President and CEO www.accion.org "We have taken traditional ...READ»